The relationship of catatonia symptoms to symptoms of schizophrenia |
| |
Authors: | ZZ Cernovsky JA Landmark H Merskey RL O'Reilly |
| |
Affiliation: | Department of Psychiatry, University of Western Ontario, London. zcernovs@julian.uwo.ca |
| |
Abstract: | OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationships of symptoms of catatonic schizophrenia to 77 symptoms relevant for diagnosing schizophrenia and to socioanamnestic variables. METHOD: Data from a sample of 112 Canadian patients diagnosed with schizophrenia according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III) were evaluated via phi correlation coefficients. RESULTS: Forty-five (40.2%) of our 112 patients had catatonic symptoms, either at the time of this study or in the past. However, only weak correlations (phi < 0.31) to other symptoms relevant for diagnosing schizophrenia were found, and no significant correlations to socioanamnestic variables were found. CONCLUSION: Symptoms of catatonia appear to be independent of the key symptoms of schizophrenia. |
| |
Keywords: | |
本文献已被 PubMed 等数据库收录! |
|